Carolyn Cross

Bothell Campus

School: High School

Grade/Subject: English

Building: HS / Room: 302

On-Campus Phone: 425-488-9778 ext 1646

Online Attendance & Grading

This is my 20th year at Cedar Park Christian School and I consider it a great blessing in my life! I have taught many grades from 5th to 12th, and many subjects including English, SAT Prep, Pacific Northwest History (PNW), Contemporary World Issues (CWI), Geography, Journalism, and Study Skills. I was born and raised on a farm in Monroe, WA. I attended Seattle Pacific University where I earned my B.A. and M.Ed degrees. I also met my husband, John, at SPU, and we have been married 39 years. We have two children and four grandchildren. My favorite place to relax is at our cabin in Plain (near Lake Wenatchee). Besides being with my grandkids, my favorite activities are reading, card making, knitting and gardening. I am looking forward to what God has in store for this school year, and I know that it will be "beyond what we can ask or think" (Eph 3:20). My goal for my students each year is that they will "walk in truth" (3 James 4).

Documents

English 10 CP overview
English 10 H overview
MLA format
Do/Don't list
Plagiarism policy
English dept policies
Turnitin info
Qtr 1 vocab list
Qtr 2 vocab list
Qtr 3 vocab list
May-June calendar
Macbeth assignments
The Great Divorce (green or purple cover)
The Great Divorce (yellow cover)
Voc sentences 2-1
Voc sentences 2-2
Voc sentences 2-3
Voc sentences 2-4
Voc sentences 2-5
Voc sentences 2-6
Voc sentences 3-1
Voc sentences 3-2
Voc sentences 3-3
Voc sentences 3-4
Voc sentences 3-5
Voc sentences 3-6

News and Updates

05/07/2012

The assignments for Macbeth are in the file attached. This represents a slight change from what was printed and handed out. The changes were necessary because we got a later start than intended to begin this unit but must still finish at the same time. Therefore, we are doing an in-class essay rather than a typed essay, and the acting is optional for those who would like to do so.

02/15/2012

EDITING
I am noticing a downhill trend in students editing their essays. I ask students to bring their rough drafts to class two days before they are due and ask them to edit in class while I make rounds to see if the focus and direction of the papers are on track. I am noticing that many rough drafts have no marks other than what I make. Proper editing of papers with the do/don't list is essential for a good grade. Mistakes are being repeated. I think reading a paper aloud before turning it in would be a part of this process, as students would stumble on their errors as well. Expectations are going up since we have written four essays so far, but grades are not going up because of sloppy editing and repeating the same mistakes on every paper. I have no problem with parents editing, if errors are circled or underlined, but students should learn to follow up and do the correcting of those errors.

02/06/2012

Foreign Author due dates

Part 1 - essay rough draft 2/8
Part 1 - all 2/10

Part 2 - essay rough draft 3/7
Part 2 - all 3/9

Part 3 - story rough draft 4/3
Part 3 - all 4/5

Part 4 - essay rough draft 4/25
Part 4 - all 4/27

01/17/2012

Please be sure you have your foreign author books in class on the first day back after the snow. You might try to get a jump start on reading as far as you can in the first section, since things will get really busy making up One Acts and reading youe wonderful stories to our "little buddies".

Due to snow, we will try to reschedule our "little buddy" reading times into next week even though it is a new semester and some students are changing their schedules.

11/17/2011

Please note that I have created some helpful worksheets for weekly vocabulary. I have used the words in sentences that have clues in them for the word needed. This should help with the quarter final. The answer keys are on the counter in my classroom. Give it a try :)

11/10/2011

Turnitin.com information:
English 10-1 ID - #4283351 Pswd - Per1
English 10H-3 ID - #4283358 Pswd - Per3
English 10H-4 ID - #4283361 Pswd - Per4
English 10-5 ID - #4283363 Pswd - Per5
English 10-6 ID - #4283366 Pswd - Per6

10/07/2011

Turnitin.com - Every student was given a BLUE PACKET of information for writing and submitting papers to turnitin.com. On the front side of the last page are instructions for each class with class ID and password. THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN CLASS, and students were asked to refer to the blue packet every day for the past week.

09/23/2011

Books we will read this year: (* if for Honors only)

*The Iliad
*Bullfinch's Mythology or Edith Hamilton's Mythology
The Odyssey (translation by WHD Rouse)
Beowulf (translation by Burton Raffel)
*Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (translation by Buton Raffel)
The Hobbit (by JRR Tolkien)
Foreign author choice from list of 15-18 books (to be posted later)
*Animal Farm (by George Orwell)
Macbeth (by William Shakespeare)
The Great Divorce (by CS Lewis)

08/23/2011

Please note the following items needed for my English classes:
*assignment notebooks
*index cards for vocabulary words
*red pens needed daily for correcting
*black or blue ink and pencils for daily work
*college ruled white notebook paper
*composition notebook (not spiral wired)
PLUS $5.00 for blue books and turnitin.com fee